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Eh, I thought it was pretty mediocre other than the last shot of Freeze using time travel for golfing (but even then, use it to avoid getting busted for escorts!). I generally like SEC Shorts but choosing 1965 Georgia Football seems a bit odd to include a black fan, especially considering the George football program didn't integrate until 1971. I'm not asking for the cast to dress in white hoods but a little bit of reflection should have indicated a better year or school would be more appropriate.

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26 minutes ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Eh, I thought it was pretty mediocre other than the last shot of Freeze using time travel for golfing (but even then, use it to avoid getting busted for escorts!). I generally like SEC Shorts but choosing 1965 Georgia Football seems a bit odd to include a black fan, especially considering the George football program didn't integrate until 1971. I'm not asking for the cast to dress in white hoods but a little bit of reflection should have indicated a better year or school would be more appropriate.

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Georgia just scheduled a 4th OOC team for 2026 which seems to indicate the SEC is staying with 8 conference games. They scheduled Tennessee State. They already have Western Kentucky, @Louisville, and Georgia Tech. I supposed they can always drop Western Kentucky or Louisville if 9 games is agree to but Louisville is their only home OOC game in 2027 so far so I doubt they'd cancel that. 

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39 minutes ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Eh, I thought it was pretty mediocre other than the last shot of Freeze using time travel for golfing (but even then, use it to avoid getting busted for escorts!). I generally like SEC Shorts but choosing 1965 Georgia Football seems a bit odd to include a black fan, especially considering the George football program didn't integrate until 1971. I'm not asking for the cast to dress in white hoods but a little bit of reflection should have indicated a better year or school would be more appropriate.

 

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41 minutes ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Eh, I thought it was pretty mediocre other than the last shot of Freeze using time travel for golfing (but even then, use it to avoid getting busted for escorts!). I generally like SEC Shorts but choosing 1965 Georgia Football seems a bit odd to include a black fan, especially considering the George football program didn't integrate until 1971. I'm not asking for the cast to dress in white hoods but a little bit of reflection should have indicated a better year or school would be more appropriate.

JVC wasn't a brand in any 1965 automobile and there was no such thing as a tape deck. 

They should have focused on Alabama instead of Georgia where the fan could have said, "Oh, we're already paying them top dollar. Top. Dollar."

And to make you happy they could have had a "Welcome to Selma!" sign in the background. 

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1 hour ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Eh, I thought it was pretty mediocre other than the last shot of Freeze using time travel for golfing (but even then, use it to avoid getting busted for escorts!). I generally like SEC Shorts but choosing 1965 Georgia Football seems a bit odd to include a black fan, especially considering the George football program didn't integrate until 1971. I'm not asking for the cast to dress in white hoods but a little bit of reflection should have indicated a better year or school would be more appropriate.

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Pretty stupid meme that purposefully leaves off Texas traveling to Ohio State, aggy traveling to Notre Dame, Tennessee playing an ACC team in Syracuse, Mizzou picking back up their rivalry with Kansas. LSU plays Clemson, OU plays Michigan, Vandy travels to Virgina Tech, Arkansas plays Notre Dame, Miss State plays Arizona State. 

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I'm pulling this ctj post into here because I think it's pretty good, especially about the winds blowing towards a 9 game schedule.

9 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

On XM 84 today, they were covering the Big 10 Media Days and they played clips of Petitti's speech. It was insightful, particularly since he doesn't speak publicly much. They seem resolute on eventually getting their way. Someone should post the clip if they can find it. 

Separately, on Finebaum today, he was talking with one of his regular reporters who covers CFB. I can't remember which, but they talked relatively extensively about the SEC position regarding the 8 versus 9 game schedules. They confirmed that ESPN has recently told Sankey and the SEC leadership that they'll pay them more money to put the 9th game on the schedule. It sounded as if the money would not be chump change and it would far outweigh the loss of an additional home game every other year for each team. I know we've discussed this previously, and articles have been posted on it, but it was good to hear that this hasn't cooled off from ESPN's end. 

They both went on to agree that there is no longer a justifiable position from the SEC end to stay at 8 games after expansion. The momentum is with 9 games. Sankey wants 9 games, and said as much multiple times last week. Then Finebaum gave the ol'innuendo maneuver that "the most powerful programs within the conference want 9 games". He talked about brand damage being done actively right now to the league from all college media angles and the perceptions of other conference fanbases viewing the SEC as cowards. Then they talked about not being in the CFP finals the last two years, with Texas being their only hope last year and converting 4th and 13 to get to the semis. "The noise gets even louder if an SEC team isn't in the finals or winning it this coming January."

For Finebaum to be talking like this to his audience, he's been given guidance that he probably should be doing so. I know Texas is worried about the ever-present notion that they're heavy-handed with their partners, but the perception of being pussies, or weak, in the eyes of everyone else in the space is not something they're jazzed about having associated to their brand. Being considered weak or cowardly is untenable compared to being considered a meanie. Alabama is at least one of the other giants that is in the same boat. I don't think this gets solved for 2026, but I do think the 8 conference game argument is losing both credibility and momentum. The easiest path for that to disappear is for Sankey to come to the agreement with the Big 10 on whichever playoff set-up the Big 10 wants. 

I think the SEC can make the 9 game schedule makes sense for the 4 teams that have the most pressure to not lose a home game every other year: Texas, OU, Florida, and Georgia. Most decent teams in the SEC have big OOC home and homes lined up. Pretty easy to ensure you don't lose a home game in the same year you're playing away at Notre Dame or Clemson if they tailor the schedule to give you more home games in that year. You know ESPN can see that putting FCS games on their channels is a no-win situation. Texas vs Auburn in Austin is going to rate better than Texas vs San Jose State. The beauty of owning all the inventory is they would get more marquee games on their channels. If they're going to pay up, they're going to want a say on what games stay on the books and what gets removed. 

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Anyone concerned about perception can schedule 4 tough non-conference games every year. Problem solved. No school is forced to schedule all the easy games you see above. It is a choice.

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the b1g wants 442213 for the 3/6 4/5 play-ins

for whom the bell tolls.....

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6509205/2025/07/22/tony-petitti-big-ten-cfp-expansion/

Tony Petitti stands by Big Ten’s CFP plan, calls 6-3 in league play ‘a great record’

LAS VEGAS — Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti on Tuesday defended his proposed 16-team College Football Playoff format that would allocate twice as many automatic berths to the Big Ten and SEC.

Speaking on the first day of his conference’s media days, Petitti said a field primarily determined by conference standings, rather than the CFP rankings, would make the selection process more objective and allow leagues to create their own CFP play-in games the first weekend in December.

“The Big Ten has been consistent in its strong preference for a Playoff system that allocates spots based on conference standings and the results of playing games,” Petitti said. “We want to better connect the regular season and the postseason.”

The FBS commissioners have been stuck at an impasse for more than a year in determining the size and format of the Playoff when its new contract with ESPN begins ahead of the 2026 season. That contract specifies that any changes to the current 12-team format must be determined by Dec. 1.

The Big Ten first introduced the “4-4-2-2-1” concept — four automatic qualifiers for the Big Ten and SEC, two each for the ACC and Big 12, one for the top-ranked Group of 5 champion — during spring 2024 meetings of CFP leaders. But outside of one interview with Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt, his media days address was the first time Petitti made his pitch publicly.

Initially it appeared the Big Ten and SEC were aligned on the proposed format, but that’s no longer the case. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, speaking at his league’s media days last week, said, “We had a different view coming out of (May’s SEC meetings) around the notion of allocations, if you will. … The Big Ten has a different view, that’s fine.”

The ACC and Big 12 have made clear they support a “5+11” model: the top five conference champs, as is the case currently, plus 11 at-large bids.

“Why would I as a commissioner cap (the Big 12’s) participation?” commissioner Brett Yormark said at his league’s media days. “It makes no sense.”

Petitti reiterated that the Big Ten and SEC “control changes to the CFP format and the selection committee process” going forward “after considering feedback from the membership.”

“We are open to considering any format ideas that come from our (conference) colleagues or the CFP staff,” he said, “but to be clear, formats that increase the discretion and role of the CFP selection committee will have a difficult time getting support from the Big Ten.”

A big part of Petitti’s pitch is the concept of conference play-in games. In the Big Ten’s vision, conference championship weekend would no longer consist solely of No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups, but also 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5, the winners of which would receive automatic CFP berths. Petitti predicted “fans will gravitate to it.” Had that been in place last year, the No. 6 seed would have been Iowa, which finished 6-3 in the conference and 8-4 overall.

Petitti pushed back when a reporter said, “I don’t sense a clamor for a four-loss team in the Playoff.”

“If you’re 6-3 in the Big Ten, I would argue that’s a great record, and if you stumbled in a nonconference game, I don’t know why that disqualifies you,” Petitti said. “8-4 as a winning percentage, if you project that winning percentage in every other sport, I’m pretty sure you make the postseason. … There are plenty of teams in professional sports who qualify for the playoffs who can’t get past the first-round game. That’s OK, they still get to play. We’ll figure it out on the field, rather than sitting in a room.”

The six Big Ten coaches who spoke Tuesday all supported Petitti’s plan. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Big Ten schools will be less likely to play tough out-of-conference games without the assurance of automatic berths, given they play nine league games as compared with the SEC’s eight.

“If we’re going to be in a situation where we get four automatic qualifiers, then I think it’d be great to have a 10th game against a Power 4 team,” Day said. “If we’re not going to do that, then I don’t think it makes sense.”

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1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

the b1g wants 442213 for the 3/6 4/5 play-ins

for whom the bell tolls.....

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6509205/2025/07/22/tony-petitti-big-ten-cfp-expansion/

Tony Petitti stands by Big Ten’s CFP plan, calls 6-3 in league play ‘a great record’

LAS VEGAS — Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti on Tuesday defended his proposed 16-team College Football Playoff format that would allocate twice as many automatic berths to the Big Ten and SEC.

Speaking on the first day of his conference’s media days, Petitti said a field primarily determined by conference standings, rather than the CFP rankings, would make the selection process more objective and allow leagues to create their own CFP play-in games the first weekend in December.

“The Big Ten has been consistent in its strong preference for a Playoff system that allocates spots based on conference standings and the results of playing games,” Petitti said. “We want to better connect the regular season and the postseason.”

The FBS commissioners have been stuck at an impasse for more than a year in determining the size and format of the Playoff when its new contract with ESPN begins ahead of the 2026 season. That contract specifies that any changes to the current 12-team format must be determined by Dec. 1.

The Big Ten first introduced the “4-4-2-2-1” concept — four automatic qualifiers for the Big Ten and SEC, two each for the ACC and Big 12, one for the top-ranked Group of 5 champion — during spring 2024 meetings of CFP leaders. But outside of one interview with Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt, his media days address was the first time Petitti made his pitch publicly.

Initially it appeared the Big Ten and SEC were aligned on the proposed format, but that’s no longer the case. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, speaking at his league’s media days last week, said, “We had a different view coming out of (May’s SEC meetings) around the notion of allocations, if you will. … The Big Ten has a different view, that’s fine.”

The ACC and Big 12 have made clear they support a “5+11” model: the top five conference champs, as is the case currently, plus 11 at-large bids.

“Why would I as a commissioner cap (the Big 12’s) participation?” commissioner Brett Yormark said at his league’s media days. “It makes no sense.”

Petitti reiterated that the Big Ten and SEC “control changes to the CFP format and the selection committee process” going forward “after considering feedback from the membership.”

“We are open to considering any format ideas that come from our (conference) colleagues or the CFP staff,” he said, “but to be clear, formats that increase the discretion and role of the CFP selection committee will have a difficult time getting support from the Big Ten.”

A big part of Petitti’s pitch is the concept of conference play-in games. In the Big Ten’s vision, conference championship weekend would no longer consist solely of No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups, but also 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5, the winners of which would receive automatic CFP berths. Petitti predicted “fans will gravitate to it.” Had that been in place last year, the No. 6 seed would have been Iowa, which finished 6-3 in the conference and 8-4 overall.

Petitti pushed back when a reporter said, “I don’t sense a clamor for a four-loss team in the Playoff.”

“If you’re 6-3 in the Big Ten, I would argue that’s a great record, and if you stumbled in a nonconference game, I don’t know why that disqualifies you,” Petitti said. “8-4 as a winning percentage, if you project that winning percentage in every other sport, I’m pretty sure you make the postseason. … There are plenty of teams in professional sports who qualify for the playoffs who can’t get past the first-round game. That’s OK, they still get to play. We’ll figure it out on the field, rather than sitting in a room.”

The six Big Ten coaches who spoke Tuesday all supported Petitti’s plan. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Big Ten schools will be less likely to play tough out-of-conference games without the assurance of automatic berths, given they play nine league games as compared with the SEC’s eight.

“If we’re going to be in a situation where we get four automatic qualifiers, then I think it’d be great to have a 10th game against a Power 4 team,” Day said. “If we’re not going to do that, then I don’t think it makes sense.”

The B1G commish is doing a fine job of advocating for aggy by talking up 8-4 records.

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